Geography Exam Past Questions and Answers | JAMB, WAEC and NECO

Geography is the study of the Earth's landscapes, features, inhabitants, and natural phenomena. It aims to understand the locations of various elements, the reasons for their presence, and how they evolve and transform over time.

• Question 601: The wearing away of the sides and bottom of a river''s channel by the load carried by a river is called Options:
  A) hydraulic action
  B) corrosion
  C) corrasion
  D) attrition
  E) transportation
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 602:

  Tropical cyclones arise in the belts of the

  Options:
  A) doldrums
  B) westerlies
  C) trade winds
  D) polar winds
  E) monsoon winds
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 603: Which of the following is NOT an African waterway? Options:
  A) The Orange
  B) The Nile
  C) The Mackenzie
  D) The Volta
  E) The Zambezi
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 604: Birth and death rates are often stated as the number of cases per? Options:
  A) 1 000 per year
  B) 1 000 000 per year
  C) 10 per year
  D) 100 per year
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 605:

  Which of the following is not correct about the great circle?

  Options:
  A) The Equator is a Great Circle among the latitudes
  B) The Greenwich Meridian and the International Date Line are the only lines of latitude forming a Great Circle
  C) The Great Circle divides the earth into two equal spheres
  D) The centre of the Great Circle is also the centre of the earth
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 606:

  Which of the following farming systems is likely to give rise to nucleated rural settlements?

  Options:
  A) large-scale farming
  B) Irrigation farming
  C) subsistence farming
  D) grazing
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 607: All the following are forms of subsistence farming in west Africa except Options:
  A) rotational bush farming
  B) permanent cultivation
  C) plantation agriculture
  D) mixed farming
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 608: Sydney, Hong Kong and San Francisco have attained considerable importance because of their function as? Options:
  A) important railway junction
  B) capital cities
  C) seaports
  D) cross roads
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 609: Shale is a fire-textured sedimentary rocks formed principally from the particles of? Options:
  A) sand
  B) clay
  C) quartz
  D) calcite
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 610: One major feature of manufacturing in West Africa is that the industries Options:
  A) are evenly spread over major towns
  B) produce mainly for domestic market
  C) are capital intensive
  D) have wide markets for their products
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  The correct answer is B .